首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
In the nineteenth century Charles Dickens, the English novelist, wrote excitedly (1)_____ a stage-coach, pulled along by a team
In the nineteenth century Charles Dickens, the English novelist, wrote excitedly (1)_____ a stage-coach, pulled along by a team
admin
2009-04-27
53
问题
In the nineteenth century Charles Dickens, the English novelist, wrote excitedly (1)_____ a stage-coach, pulled along by a team of horses, that could (2)_____ more than twenty miles of road within sixty minutes. To us in the twentieth century in (3)_____ man is able to move and to communicate with such rapidity, the (4)_____ of the stage-coach seems no speed at all. Aeroplanes fly many hundreds of miles in an hour; express trains (5)_____ four times the speed of the stage-coach; and even without (6)_____ we can, by wireless or telegraph, communicate within seconds with people on (7)_____ side of the’ globe. The (8)_____ of these increased speeds are numerous. Business (9)_____ say, from Europe to America or to the Far East can save much time. (10)_____ a journey that would once have taken weeks, it (11)_____ now, by air, only twenty-four hours. Fruit, vegetables and other goods that would decay (12)_____ a long, slow journey can now be safely sent to far-distant places. Members of one family (13)_____ each other by vast distances can have conversations with each other by telephone (14)_____if they were all sitting in the same room.
Not ail the effects of speed, however, are (15)_____ People who are in the habit of using a motor car (16)_____ they want to move half a mile become physically lazy and lose the (17)_____ of enjoying a vigorous walk. Those who travel through a country at eighty miles a hour do not see much of the life of that country, of its people and animals and plants, as they flash (18)_____ They become so anxious about moving quickly from one place to another that they are (19)_____ able to relax and enjoy a (20)_____ journey.
选项
A、benefit
B、beneficent
C、beneficial
D、beneficially
答案
C
解析
该句意为:然而,并不是所有的速度对人们的影响都是有益的。一些人们习惯于任何时候到半英里距离也要开汽车,他们身体变得懒惰,失去了享受步行的活力。beneficial"有益的,受益的",符合题意。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/Gja4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
SupposeyouhavereadapieceofinformationontheInternetaboutrecruitingEnglisheditors.Writealettertothecompany’s
ThechartbelowshowsthemonthlyrevenueofaforeigncompanyBiosoftin2010.Inyourwriting,youshouldsummarizetheinform
BritishphysicistDr.JessWadehaswritten270Wikipediapagesfortrailblazingfemalescientistsinanefforttogeteverywom
BritishphysicistDr.JessWadehaswritten270Wikipediapagesfortrailblazingfemalescientistsinanefforttogeteverywom
RunningfortheofficeofthePresidentoftheUnitedStatesisexceptionallyarduousandshouldnotbeundertakenbythe【C1】___
WhydoweneedtheEnglishmajor?The【C1】________isineverymouth—or,atleast,isdiscussedextensivelyincolumnsand【C2】____
WhydoweneedtheEnglishmajor?The【C1】________isineverymouth—or,atleast,isdiscussedextensivelyincolumnsand【C2】____
随机试题
关于肾小管分泌NH3,以下错误的是
从历史的观点看,企业价值观经历了四个时期的发展,包括工业化初期、工业化中期、工业化后期和__________。
调节六阴经经气的是
人的血液输送到全身需要一定的压力,这个压力就是血压;血管内血液对单位面积血管壁的侧压力称为压强;通常所说的血压为动脉血压;一般卧位、坐位及立位不同,主要原因是人体姿势的改变使人体会发生血流动力学发生变化。正常成年人从卧位到立位时,静脉可多容纳多少血液
A、银翘散B、附子汤C、葛根芩连汤D、生脉散合复脉汤E、血府逐瘀汤合生脉散病毒性心肌炎风热邪毒内侵心脉证的用方是
桥梁结构中,常用的伸缩缝装置有镀锌薄钢板沥青麻絮伸缩缝、( )、橡胶伸缩缝等。
某企业于2014年2月14日向商标局申请商品注册商标,商标局于3月28日核准注册。在此情况下,该注册商标有效期截止时间为()。
【背景资料】 某水电站工程主要工程内容包括:碾压混凝土坝、电站厂房、溢洪道等,工程规模为中型。水电站装机容量为50MW,碾压混凝土坝坝顶高程417m,最大坝高65m。该工程工平面布置示意图如图5-1所示。 事件1:根据合同工期要求,该工程施工导流部
临时管理规约的主要内容包括:物业的自然状况和权利状况,涉及业主共同利益的事项等。但不包括()。
商业银行为客户提供票据发行便利,属于其()。
最新回复
(
0
)